Navteq releases first map of Bulgaria

Date: 25 July 2005

ERTICO Partner Navteq has released its first map of Bulgaria’s road network. The map is available to Navteq’s direct customers with the Q2 2005 version of the company’s database and all subsequent releases.

To create a digital map of Bulgaria’s major roads, Navteq notes that its field researchers recorded some 5,300 kilometres of motorway and main connector roads. The new Bulgarian map database now connects Bulgaria’s 29 major cities with 25,000 inhabitants or more including its capital Sofia, Burgas, Pleven, Ruse, Sliven, Stara, Zagora, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo.

Over 500 points of interest (POI) in a wide variety of categories give digital map data users important location information. For example, the database contains information on petrol stations, service areas, car parks, border crossings, international airports, historic monuments, national parks, hotels and restaurants. In addition, 26 POIs of national importance, such as the country’s famous cloister Rilskijat Manastir, have been included.

Navteq notes that the Bulgarian offering is part of its aggressive digital mapping effort targeting the Eastern European road network, for which it already supplies map material for the following countries: Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Greece and Hungary.

For more information, please contact Susan Jones, susan.jones@navteq.com